General ⇒ Random arrangments of items

[MasterWizz]

Hi there,

I would like to create multiple-choice questions where the answer options are in a random order but the labels of the items should stay i the right order (A, B, C, D). I am using the tasks environment but sometimes also enumerate. Do you have an idea how to do it?

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tasks}

\begin{document}
\begin{tasks}[label=\fbox{\Alph*}](4)
%how to shuffle the answer options?
    \task 1
    \task 2
    \task 3
    \task 4
\end{tasks}
\end{document}

Thanks for your time!

[cpierquet]

You can do it with randomlist package.

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{randomlist}

\begin{document}

\NewList{Answers}
\SetList{Answers}{Q1,Q2,Q3,Q4}

\begin{enumerate}
    \ForEachRandomItem{Answers}{Question}{\item \Question}
\end{enumerate}

\end{document}

[MasterWizz]

Thanks for your reply! There occure some problems.

(1) I am not able to add optional arguments to enumerate like "label=(\alph*)"
(2) It does not work with the tasks package, which is really important to me
(3) After i got the pdf 1 time it just shuffles again, when i change something in the tex file

[cpierquet]

(1) for optional arguments, use package enumitem
(2) for tasks you shoud (maybe) use other method with randomlist
(3) it's normal because randomseed is used, but (I think) you can fix it

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%with enumitem
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[seed=456789]{randomlist}
\usepackage{enumitem}

\begin{document}

\NewList{Answers}
\SetList{Answers}{Q1,Q2,Q3,Q4}

\begin{enumerate}[label=(\alph*)]
    \ForEachRandomItem{Answers}{Question}{\item \Question}
\end{enumerate}

\end{document}

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%with tasks
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[seed=456789]{randomlist}
\usepackage{tasks}

\begin{document}

\NewList{Answers}
\InsertRandomItem{Answers}{Q1}
\InsertRandomItem{Answers}{Q2}
\InsertRandomItem{Answers}{Q3}
\InsertRandomItem{Answers}{Q4}

\begin{tasks}[label=(\alph*)]
    \task \Answers[0]
    \task \Answers[1]
    \task \Answers[2]
    \task \Answers[3]
\end{tasks}

\end{document}

[MasterWizz]

Hi thats great! It works
I added im the preamble:

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\usepackage{datetime}

\newcount\seed
\seed=\numexpr\pdfuniformdeviate10000 + \the\year  + \the\month * 10 + \the\day * 100 + \time * 1000+
  \numexpr\pdfuniformdeviate60\relax\relax % Zufall zur weiteren Streuung
\pgfmathsetseed{\seed}

\usepackage[seed=\the\seed]{randomlist}

Its not very creative. The seed variation is just in a "small" intervall but i got the feeling of random seeds everytime!

Do you have a slightly better idea to create a "more random" seed? If not i am still happy with this outcome

[cpierquet]

For a more random seed, just wait 1 minute between compilations, I guess.